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CVE-2008-3535

Off-by-one Error

Published: Aug 08, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3535
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/193.html

Off-by-one error in the iov_iter_advance function in mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file I/O operations with readv and writev, as demonstrated by testcases/kernel/fs/ftest/ftest03 from the Linux Test Project.

Weakness

A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.27 (excluding)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.27 (including)2.6.27 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.27-rc1 (including)2.6.27-rc1 (including)
MRG for RHEL-5RedHatkernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-81.el5rt*
LinuxUbuntuhardy*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.20Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.22Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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